Overview

Key advances have been made over the last century in all forms of transport over land, sea, air & space

Since 1900, world population has quadrupled from 1.6 billion people

World population is now estimated at 7 billion people across 7 continents

Estimate of 10 billion people by year 2100 will stretch current natural resources & energy supplies

Around 36% of the world’s population, or 2.5+ billion people, live in just two nations, China and India

Critical developments and decisions are needed around transport, energy supplies, technology standards, sustainability and the sharing of resources to lay the path for future generations

Massive innovations are needed to enable basic A to B movement of people and goods for work & pleasure and to facilitate global trade and the growth in world tourism

New global commercial partnerships will be necessary and critical between all the world’s nations

The younger (“Y”) generation will increasingly learn to share technologies, best practices and game-changing innovations in the interests of advancing mankind, protecting the planet and harnessing its natural resources

Open-source problem solving, crowd-storming, universal data access and social media tools will play an increasingly vital role to facilitate global innovation and necessary change

Future trends include a continued imbalance in population growth and prosperity, more constraints on key resources, an accelerating shift of economic power to Asia and emerging markets growth

Over the next decades, there will be increased mobility (in some areas, less travel is possible) and people and goods will be moving around the globe further and faster

For huge transport innovation, humans will need to take risks, exhibit bravery, demonstrate leadership, have a pioneering spirit in the journey ahead and continually push boundaries to advance mankind in all ways